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"There is a crisis
taking place in central Africa," said
Elizabeth Bennett, a vice president of the New York-based Wildlife Conservation
Society, which compiled the first comprehensive study on forest elephants
during 2002-11.

About 62% of all forest
elephants in the region have been killed over the past decade, largely for
their ivory, she said.

"The cause of this
massive decline is poaching, partly for bush meat, but primarily for ivory,
driven by increasing demand from the Far East,"
Bennett said.

The study on forest
elephants, a different species than Africa's more numerous savannah elephants,
was released at the 16th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) hosted by Bangkok this week and next.

The escalating slaughter
of African elephants is one of the key topics at this year's meeting that has
drawn about 2 000 delegates from the 178-member trade treaty.

CITES estimated about 25 000
African elephants were killed in 2011 and a similar number last year, most
poached to supply East Asia's market for ivory
trinkets, tusks and specialized items.

The tusks of forest
elephants are prized by Asian carvers over those of savannah elephants because
they are harder, straighter and longer, Bennett said.

"For certain things
such as for musical instruments in Japan, they are favoured over
savannah elephants," Bennett said. "That's one of the problems."

The Wildlife
Conservation Society estimates there are about 100 000 forest elephants
remaining in central Africa, compared with
about 400 000 savannah elephants.